Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-12
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
How President. Senators, Judges and
Representatives OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Callsng-Drinking In Neutrality-suspicious.
OF Representative Joe cannon's Stories.
Especial Correspondence

Especial corespondence.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The coming social
season, which opens the list of January, prom
ises TO be a merry one. Mrs. Cleveland win
give a number Of entertainments at the White
House, and the question is being discussed
among the society leaders here as TO whether
dancing will not be permitted at some Of
them. President Cleveland thinks that any
thing less stately than the minust would
hardly comport with the dignity Of the lady
OF the White House, and he is correct. It ID
probable that there will be nothing Of the
kind, and that only lunches, state dinners
and the usual receptions will be given. Mrs.
Whitney expects to have a house full of COM
rpany, and the wives of Secretaries Manning,
Endicott and Villas will entertain to a greater
extent than they did last year. The newness
of their positions has worn off. They feel
more at home, and there seems to be a gen.
erals disposition to make the short session Of
congress exceedingly lively while it lasts. In
the meantime the various ladies Of Washing
ton have been laying in their stock Of winter
cards. It costs a nice little sum to pay the
engraving bills Of Washington society, and
svery person who expects to go about here In
= fashionable manner during the season must
lay out all thu way from $40 to $50 in paste
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pleasure is given to the guest whom the prest.
dent most delights to honor, and the order
Of precedence at q White HOUSE state dinner
table is a matter 6f great Importance to
Washington society, There have been diplo-
matte quarrels among the legations here az
to what ministers have the right to tile hands
Of certain ladies On such occasions, and at ons
time a British minister named Merry made
this the subject of some very angry oom-
paints TO his homo government. It is not
improbable that some. such question may
come ;up during the next season, .
President Arthur invited all congressman
to his state dinners, saiid Z understand that
| Cleveland Will do likewise. The attendance
upon q state dinner is one OF the biggest
events In q congressrnan's social career, and
the greeper ones OF new members discusd